I’m Zoë Lenkiewicz, an international waste management and communications specialist. I promote concepts, partnerships and technologies on behalf of the recycling, resource and waste management sector.

I’ve been providing waste management engagement expertise to industry, government, academia, communities and the non-profit sector since 2002. My professional experience spans the technical, political and social aspects of sustainable resource management, with a focus on improving the way wastes are managed globally.

Successful waste communications relies on a combination of science and creativity. Messages need to be technically accurate and engaging for the audience, and that’s where my skills and talents come into play.

I help shape and convey messages, inspiring stories and fascinating facts about recycling, resource management and waste recovery.

If you’re looking for in-depth analysis for a stakeholder report, a content marketing strategy to boost your online profile, or ghost-writing of thought-leadership articles to set you out from the crowd, drop me a line and I’ll get straight back to you.

In the meantime, I’d like to invite you to visit my blog where you can read some of my recent work.

Waste and resource management consultant and campaigner, Head of Communications WasteAidUK

Topics I am passionate about

Circular economy

Resource efficiency and zero waste

Smart materials

Redesign and remanufacture

Re-use and leasing schemes

Waste and development

Recycling and energy recovery

Corporate responsibility

Sustainable livelihoods

Social enterprise

Smart partnerships

Technological innovation

Sustainable tourism

Sustainable construction

Eco-build & off-grid living

If you’d like to find out if I’m the right professional recycling communications consultant for you, please get in touch using the contact form below, on +44 (0)1702 416 315 or catch up with me on LinkedIn.

Obonjan: founding member and waste & resource management advisor for a new festival island in Croatia (2016).

International Solid Waste Association (ISWA): blogger, conference speaker and communications advisor; member of Working Group on Communications and Social Issues (2015-ongoing).

Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA): technical editor for the Practical Guide to Anaerobic Digestion, the first complete introductory reference tool for those developing and operating anaerobic digestion facilities in the UK (2013).

Communication Services

Copywriting

If you’d like to develop original and engaging copy for industry stakeholders or the public, I can help. Once we’ve established your key messages, I’ll build on those with independent research to produce compelling stories. Together, we can give your press releases, editorials and reports a professional edge to show your organisation at its best.

Consultations and report writing

Public exhibitions and consultations benefit from specialist communications expertise. I act as a bridge between team members (engineers, architects, technical and legal) to deliver professional materials and successful engagement. I also facilitate stakeholder workshops and manage online surveys and telephone surveys (design, data management, analysis and reporting).

Websites and content marketing

You need to give the right impression on your website, quickly. I can help you reach your audience with crisp, clear messaging that people can understand and remember. (If your entire site needs a facelift I can arrange that too.) I can take care of your FAQs, news items and case studies to keep your audience in the loop. I’ll also make sure your web copy ranks on google, including SEO blog posts that help you to engage directly with your audience.

Presentations and training

Do you need to deliver an outstanding presentation that your audience will remember? I can help you with presentation structure, content and design, using creative visual techniques to keep your audience engaged and wanting to know more. I also help produce clear training materials for print and online, so you can focus on what you do best.

Technical writing, editing and proof reading

The quality of your writing can spell success or failure for a report, academic paper or important tender submission, and technical editing is especially helpful for documents with multiple authors. I can add value to your work by making sure your reports and proposals are concise, well-organised, and with the right unified tone to meet your objectives.

Award entries

Winning an award is a credible way of demonstrating your success. I help businesses and organisations produce winning award entries (too many to mention) for brilliant waste and resource management initiatives. I’ll speak with your colleagues and customers to build a strong case that clearly demonstrates to the judges why you deserve to win.

If you know the value of authoritative and persuasive writing from an experienced resource management professional, please contact me here or on LinkedIn.

Collaboration

Around half the world’s population lives without proper waste management. Poorly managed waste can threaten people’s health as well as the environment, but if managed correctly wasted materials can provide for sustainable livelihoods. Waste has been recognised by the UN as a cross-cutting mega issue and is an integral part of the new Sustainable Development Goals.

Keen to use my waste management and communications skills to aid global sustainable development, I became a co-founder of WasteAid UK and spend half my time working as Head of Communications, helping to grow this small but much-needed charity – please visit the website to find out more about our work.

I’m always happy to connect with people on LinkedIn and Twitter for formal or informal discussions and collaborations – please get in touch!

Thousands of tonnes of plastic recycling from British households end up stockpiled in countries as far away as Hong Kong. But why is our waste being dumped on sites across the world? #PassOnPlasticpic.twitter.com/LAHkQqbXwc

It's hard for waste processors to identify black plastic packaging so it can be recycled, so we've announced we'll be free from black plastic packaging by the end of 2019.
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